Legal Services in Dane County

Services include Health Benefits Counseling, Legal Services for Health Care Financing, Covering Kids and Families MAP Projects, Professional Training and Consultation, Public Information Services, Health System Research and Advocacy. Children and families especially those with special health care needs or with problems accessing health care. Free services if income levels are met. If income levels are not met, fees are determined on a sliding scale basis.

AIDS Resource Center 608-316-8607

This service is for people living with HIV/AIDS living below 300% of the federal poverty level. Eligible clients are assisted by legal staff or referred to volunteer or reduced rate attorneys when available, depending on agency resources and the legal issue. Information and referral is provided with respect to a wide range of issues, including housing, employment, public benefits, estate planning, health benefits, family, bankruptcy/debt, consumer, civil rights, and confidentiality.

Center for Patient Partnerships 608-890-0321

A project at the UW Law School that helps advocate for patients with life threatening or serious chronic illness make informed decisions and get the health care they need and deserve. It provides information and services that are intended to empower the patient.

Centro Hispano 608-255-3018

Provides information and referral services, employment help, translation, and housing assistance with an emphasis on serving the Latino community.

City of Madison Foreclosure Prevention Program 608-261-5677

Community Immigration Law Center 608-257-4845

Every 2nd & 4th Friday from 2-5 PM at First Presbyterian Church. Volunteer law students and attorneys provide case evaluation/assessment, referrals, assistance with basic immigration-related forms, and “know your rights” information/presentations. Spanish interpreters available. Interpreters for other languages may not be available, so it is best to bring one.

Community Justice, Inc. 608-204-9642

Non-profit law firm serving people with lower incomes in a wider range of legal issues.

Consumer Law Clinic 608-263-6283

Provides legal services to low-income individuals with consumer law issues.

Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Legal Program 608-251-4445

Disability Rights Wisconsin 608-267-0214; TTY: 888-758-6049

Disability Rights Wisconsin serves people of all ages, including people with developmental disabilities, people with mental illness, people with physical or sensory disabilities, and people with traumatic brain injury.

Domestic Violence Immigration Clinic 608-890-3753

UW law students assist immigrant survivors of abuse in petitions for submission to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, also known as the U Visa,

Elder Law Center-Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups 608-224-0606

Provider of legal services and resources to citizens 60 years and older with special emphasis on the frail and vulnerable elderly in need of long-term care.

Family Court Assistance Project 608-262-2301

Information and assistance from UW-Madison law students to people without lawyers. Will assist clients with restraining orders, divorce, and other family law related paperwork.

Family Court Counseling Services 608-266-4607

Assists with court-ordered mediation, family studies, and runs parenting classes for those with family law cases in Dane County.

Foreclosure Answer Clinic

1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 310 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. First come, first serve. For more information, contact the UW Law School’s Consumer Law Clinic at (608) 263-6283.

If you are looking for general legal information or an answer to a simple legal question (i.e., landlord/tenant, small claims court, simple family law, basic probate questions and traffic violation questions), you can get help through this program. LRIS will make an appointment for a lawyer to call you back, free of charge, within a few days to briefly discuss your question.

Tenant Resource Center Helpline 608-257-0006 or

Unemployment Compensation Appeals Clinic 608- 246-4357

The only way to schedule an appointment with the clinic is through the United Way (dial 2-1-1 from any local Phone or the above listed number) Help with the pursuit of unemployment compensation benefits.

UW-Madison Legal Information Center 608-263-3243

UW-Madison law students provide legal information. Not available in summer or over breaks.

Wisconsin Guardianship Support Center 800-488-2596

Answers questions about Wisconsin law relating to adult guardianships, living wills, and Do Not
Resuscitate orders.